Current Time in CDT
About CDT
The daylight saving time for the Central Time Zone in North America. Used in parts of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It is one hour ahead of Central Standard Time (CST, UTC-06:00). Active from March to November.
UTC</a> Offset: -05:00
Current time shown is based on the representative IANA zone: America/Chicago
Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a time zone at UTC offset -05:00. As of Saturday, September 19, 2026, 11:21:35 AM Coordinated Universal Time, the current time in CDT is 06:21:35. It groups 18 IANA time zones, including America/Chicago, America/Indiana/Knox, America/Indiana/Tell_City, America/Knox_IN and America/Matamoros, which all share this offset. CDT is observed in countries such as Canada, Mexico and United States.